ERP Europe All our Colours to the Mast

£1,250.00

Original vintage propaganda poster for the post-war US sponsored European Recovery Program (1948) known as the Marshall plan - Europe All our Colours to the Mast. Fantastic nautical design by Reijn Dirksen (1924-1999) depicting a ship sailing in full sail on a rough sea with the word Europe for the ship and the flags of European countries participating in the Marshall Plan as the sails and the slogan below. This design received the 1st Prize in the Intra-European Cooperation for a Better Standard of Living poster competition on the theme of cooperation and economic recovery that was held in Europe for the Marshall Plan. Printed by Kühn & Zoon Rotterdam. Good condition, creasing in margin, tears in margin.